Today the kids had a journal entry that was based on a reading from Hate Mail From Cheerleaders. The story was about the obesity rate, media messages and the fast food industry along with the school system cutting P.E. I asked the students to write about how they felt about either of those topics.
We went over some nutrition information like the food guide pyramid, some acronyms: FDA, RDA, USDA. We discussed the food guide pyramid and it's recommendations as well.
